Show MILK COW NEEDS PLENTY OF FEED grain feeding should always be in if proportion to milk production the cow in milk it if a holstein Holst oln says say C II 11 eckles chief of the dairy division of the minnesota college of agriculture should about be given about one pound of grain to every four pounds of milk produced A guernsey or jersey needs one pound of feed to three of milk I 1 the dry cow in good condition necks I 1 little if any grain the cow Is a milk machine says gays doctor eckles and feed li IS the raw material like any factory or machine economical operation Is possible only when plenty of raw material Is available turning a dairy cow loose loore in a pasture does not insure that she will get sufficient fent teed feed to hold up in milk production as she should especially from now flow until the time when villen regular housing and dry feed will be in order practically every real dairy farmer will have silage available dont wait too long ions before beginning to to use it within ten days daya after silo filling Is completed the silage Is ready to use and unless pastures are unusually good it Is well to begin feeding it the exper erper lencel man knows that it la 19 easy to let cows drop down in milk ml lit from poor feed but very hard to bring them back to the high level again later even if good feed Is given good management means keeping beeping the conditions and feed right all the time so there will he be no drop in milk at any time from lack of feed the cow that flint has what silage she will eat will vill boi be well cared for so far its as roughage Is concerned so long its as the pasture furnishes fair grass when the grass begins to fall bring out the alfalfa and clover |